Darnell Nurse is in many ways the very model of a modern NHL defenceman. Big, mean, highly mobile and more than capable with the puck, he has all the tools that major-league teams look for when filling out their blue line.

Anton Slepyshev is coming to North America. The 2013 third-round draft pick is coming off what is by far the best season of his career in the KHL and is unique among Oilers prospects because of his blend of skills.

Why should followers of the Edmonton Oilers be high on RW prospect Greg Chase? A few reasons, based on this
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Chase is an agitating forward who has strong hockey sense and a bit of offensive flair.

Iiro Pakarinen joined the Edmonton Oilers organization in the summer of 2014 as a free agent, three seasons after being a late draft pick of the Florida Panthers and a year after that team declined to sign him.